Today's News

PROSPECT — Western Kentucky University athletics made its annual summer “Toppers on Tour” trip to the Louisville area Monday night visiting Hunting Creek Country Club in Prospect. The speaking event took place following the Lee Robertson/Gary Sundmacker Alumni Golf Scramble where there was also a silent auction.

Oldham County saw one of its best years academically for the 2014-15 calendar year. Over $27 million in scholarship money was awarded to 944 total graduates between South Oldham (276 graduates), Oldham County (373), North Oldham (271) and Buckner Alternative (24).

GOSHEN — North Oldham girls basketball coach Dan Pfaff’s eyes got big when asked about how the Lady Mustangs would transition from having strong post play last season to a near non-existant presence in the paint.

GOSHEN – The basketball court already looks much different for Jalen Henry. As a sophomore and the team’s second leading scorer last season, Henry had a lot of help he could rely on — most notably with his older brother Jonathan. Now he finds himself in a new position of leadership, a role that’s different for he and many others with 10 exiting seniors from last year’s team.

By now, most locals have heard the story of two La Grange children that were kidnapped by their father in May, but what most don’t know is this case has an even longer history of violence and misfortune.
The La Grange Police Department responded to a report of two missing children, Alex and Ethan Gutierrez, at approximately 8 p.m. on May 31 at the McDonald’s in La Grange.

Oldham County Public Schools held four graduation ceremonies last weekend for the Class of 2015 with 944 students walking across the various stages to accept his or her diploma.
Buckner Alternative High School held the first of four ceremonies on Friday night at the Oldham County Arts Center.The school graduated 24 students with 42 percent of the graduates are college-bound.

The Governor’s Medal of Valor was presented posthumously to Delano G. Powell, a Kentucky State Trooper killed in the line of duty in 1965, at a ceremony held in Lexington last Thursday Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown presented the award to Powell’s widow Barbara Teague and niece Phyllis McGuire of Campbellsburg, on behalf of Gov. Steve Beshear.